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Tommy714:
When I built my arcade cabinet in 2007, I used the following:
MaLa 1.0 R9
MAME-Plus (I don't know the original version, I've got .159 on it right now)
HP Pentium IV
Windows XP
27" flat CRT VGA
It all runs great, smooth, fairly attractive (no animations).
Now that it's 15 years later, I've decided to upgrade the entire system. I've already built a new control panel with the additions I wanted (A couple of spinners and an analog joystick).
I plan to use Attract Mode with MAME .251. I've been able to download a complete ROM/CHD set for .251, and will be going through and choosing what games I want to make the final cut (The GUI I'm using for MAME says there are 12,189 working games). Obviously much of this is stuff I have no interest in, and duplicates (clones).
Finally to my question, if I want to be able to run some of the more modern games like Big Buck or GTFORE series, how much of a CPU and or GPU will I need?
baritonomarchetto:
I have no idea what the GPU specs for those two games are
BUT
recently I have updated my cabinet and using a SSD instead of a HDD was the best thing I could do to speed up the startup and shutdown of the PC.
Definitely worth it.
fallacy:
Most emulators don't really use GPU. If you want to play old PC games you are not going to need much, a 970 could do it. I would just look for a cheap used 1070 or 1080
Justin:
If you are planning on using the HSLS shaders for cool RGB effects then you WILL need a powerful graphics card (gpu). I myself am trying to figure out what the right gpu needs to be to play all classics with full hsls effects.
Tommy714:
That's kinda what I thought on the GPU, but how fast does the CPU need to be?